Obama Doesn't Do Selfies With Just Anybody

Obama Doesn't Do Selfies With Just Anybody

President Obama turned down a selfie request from a young American living on military base in South Korea.

Published April 28, 2014

President Obama is fast becoming the world's first selfie commander-in-chief. On Sunday, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak asked Obama to pose for one with him which the foreign leader then posted on Twitter.

But there was no such luck for 13-year-old Mika Taylor, who lined up with her friends during the president's visit to the U.S. military base in Seoul, South Korea, holding a sign that read: "Mr. Obama, May [I] have a selfie with you?"

Obama declined her request, ABC News reports, because if he did it for her, others would expect the favor as well.

“Just take a picture of me as I’m going by,” he said, according to CBS.